An integrated adaptation and mitigation framework for developing agricultural research: Synergies and trade-offs

Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 185-203

  Jarvis, Andy ^a,b   Lau, Charlotte ^a,b   Cook, Simon ^b   Wollenberg, Eva ^b,c   Hansen, James ^a,d   Bonilla, Osana ^a,b   Challinor, Andy ^b,e  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

^b CGIAR Program on Climate Change Agriculture and Food Security   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 82455174138     PISSN: 00144797     EISSN: 14694441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0014479711000123     Document Type: Article

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